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Session Title
Presenters
Media
Year
"Navigating Change Through Partnership"
Brooke Trisler & Panel - Mukilteo School District & Others
Media
2021
The TechFest virtual education conference was a huge hit in the Pacific Northwest this past fall.
This event showcased the latest technology being used throughout schools in the area.
Those in attendance at our event have been Superintendents, Technology & Curriculum Directors, Principals, and many other industry professionals.
Attendees immersed themselves in the latest tech tools and learned how districts are currently using them.
This event showcased the latest technology being used throughout schools in the area.
Those in attendance at our event have been Superintendents, Technology & Curriculum Directors, Principals, and many other industry professionals.
Attendees immersed themselves in the latest tech tools and learned how districts are currently using them.
Jump into the fun from TechFest. All media avaliable to download now!
Nash Fung
Speaker & MagicianFuel Your Curiosity
Inspire your innovative & curious side with the magic behind your thinking. This keynote will be sure to inspire the students you help and teachers you work with!
Mark Vetter
Technology and Learning Evangelist, Retired at Puyallup School DistrictPost Covid Instructional Technology
Pandemic spending increased device and infrastructure spending in the short term, but now that we have returned to a more “normal” school setting, what is the future of instruction and the integration of technology?
Dr. Michelle R Zimmerman
Director of Innovative Teaching & Learning at Renton PrepInnovation and AI: Meeting 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Shelby Reynolds & Sarah Lawrence
Northshore SDRelationship as a Key to Leadership: Building and Strengthening Teams by Tending to the Softer Side of Tech
Microsoft
Game-based Learning Lead WWMicrosoft Tool Features and Benefits for Schools
David Olinger
Dir. Digital Strategy O'Dea SchoolMicrosoft Education Tools
Jason Dilley
Executive Director at Washington State Scholastic Esports AssociationEsports First Steps: A Five Year Plan
Michael Higley
Director of eLearning at NCCECrossroads of History Project
Use NCCE's Crossroads of History Project to implement powerful lessons on social justice and civil rights issues. Free professional development for Teaching with Primary Sources (Eligible for WA State Credit)
Gary Walter
Computer Systems Specialist at Granger SDSchool Security Solutions
Brooke Trisler
CTO at Mukilteo School DistrictSimplified Project Management - Moving the work forward with ease!
Simple methods and tools for ensuring the work moves forward.
Jeff Utecht
EdTech Consultant Google Cloud PartnerThe Changing Nature of Teacher Professional Development
We learned a lot during the pandemic and maybe nothing else will be as impacted moving forward as Teacher Professional Development. With a teacher shortage upon us and no end in sight, teachers are not being released for PD at the same rate they were pre-pandemic. It's time for us to have a PD reset, focused on what adult learners need in order for professional development to impact student learning. This session will focus on new approaches to PD in schools and outline what must be in place for PD to be successful in schools.
Burlington Edison Staff
Tech interns at Burlington Edison SDHigh School Tech Intern Project
Burlington-Edison High School students share their learning and experience with their CTE Tech Intern Course. B-E students get a chance to develop real-world skills and support our Tech Team with device checkout, loaner project, repair, technical support, yearly tech fair, and makerspace goals.
Mark Vetter
Technology and Learning Evangelist, Retired at Puyallup School DistrictThe Upcoming Funding Cliff: Ensure Your Budget is a Priority
Next spring’s budget cycle for will be challenging for school districts in Washington State. Teacher pay raises, a significant drop in federal funding and competing interests will make budgeting challenging. After three years of emergency spending on technology, it will take more then updated technology plans to secure funding.
Don Wolff
CTO at Portland Public SchoolsKeynote: From Disruption to Transformation
The past few years have been unlike any other years in the history of public education. What has been traumatic, life-altering, painful, stressful, overwhelming, and exhausting has proven this it can be the catalyst for significant change our students need in our current system. So, how do we go about setting a course for the massive change that leverages all of the experience and lessons learned from the past two years to truly transform the public education experience - for all students?
Creating Change Where you Can
To follow up on the keynote discussion, this session will focus participants on the realms in which they have the influence and ability to affect change. The session will focus on effective leadership for change, identifying core values, vision and mission development, and putting them all together with our employees to create better outcomes for them and our students.
Melinda Miller
E-rate Program Manager at InterMountain SDE-rate & ECF 101
A general overview of the E-rate and ECF programs with a Q&A opportunity to get your questions answered with the InterMountain E-rate team.
Kristina Wambold
Integrated EdTech Coordinator at ESD 112EdTech Using Google Solutions
Paddy Damodharan
SR Technical Specialist at MicrosoftDo more with less: Microsoft Intune
In this session we will focus on how Microsoft Intune helps in solving K12 device management challenges and at same time help simplifying device management strategy.
Daisy Steele
Director of Technology at Caitlin Gabel SchoolManaging Cybersecurity in Today's Landscape
From incident response plans, managing data breaches and ransomware, and conducting phishing tests with your employees, the landscape of cybersecurity is becoming larger and more encompassing than ever before. We'll discuss how to prioritize and manage your cybersecurity approach with tips and best practices from a wide variety of sources.
Eric Ryan
Crook County SDPhysical Security: A Proactive Approach to Safety in Schools
In the wake of the Uvalde, TX school shooting and countless other tragic events, physical security is an ever important topic to address in K12 schools. This session will explore the process of evaluating an existing system, identifying requirements and implementing a physical security posture that empowers staff and provides a safer environment for student learning.
Derrick Brown
Sr Director of Technology Operations at Portland Public Schools1:1 - What Now?
Let's discuss strategies to collaborate and partner with Teaching & Learning or Curriculum & Instruction; and clearly communicate and set expectations for students and teachers with access to standardized digital curriculum, ease of use, integration (instructional digital ecosystem), and sustainability.
Mark Vetter
Technology and Learning Evangelist, Retired at Puyallup School DistrictPost Covid Instructional Technology
Pandemic spending increased device and infrastructure spending in the short term, but now that we have returned to a more “normal” school setting, what is the future of instruction and the integration of technology?
Jeff Gibbs & Dan Patchin
Executive Director of Tech Services & Classroom Technology Specialist at Gresham-Barlow SDInteractive Flat Panels: The greatest thing since sliced bread or an expensive whiteboard?
Gresham-Barlow School District installed interactive flat panels in every classroom. We'll tell you the pros and cons that we have discovered during and after this deployment.
Leigh Anne Scherer
Director of Technology at North Clackamas SDSupporting Teachers with Instructional Initiatives Through Technology
Skip Newberry
President & CEO, Technology Association of OregonSchools as Resilience Hubs: An Adaptive Framework to Meet New Challenges and Opportunities
From global pandemics, to natural disasters, to cybersecurity attacks, our schools and their operations face increasingly frequent and disruptive threats. No less than the health, safety and wellbeing of our children are at stake. This presentation will cover different strategies and best practices that institutions--spanning public, private and education sectors--are taking to meet these challenges head on. Furthermore, while schools must become more resilient in the face of more threats, the needs of our society are also changing, creating new opportunities for institutions that are able to adapt. Consequently, schools need new systems, processes and infrastructure in order to better address both challenges and opportunities. From IT procurement reform to the application of "customer" or "user"-centric design principles, to data standardization, this presentation will outline a framework to better engage stakeholders--internal and external, including the technology community--who are motivated to see our public schools succeed. With once-in-a-generation funding available for infrastructure and workforce development, the time to implement more agile frameworks is now.
Jason Eyre - Murray City School District
Keynote: Closing the Digital Divide with Broadband for All"
Brooke Trisler & Panel - Mukilteo School District & Others
"Navigating Change Through Partnership"
Jeff Palumbo - Global Esports Solutions Manager
"Esports Today"
Shelby Reynolds - Northshore School District
"Humans are Systems Too: Keeping Leadership in Mind In Challenging Times"
Jeff Utecht - Educational Consultant, Author, Speaker
"Closing Keynote: Changing Education Landscape"
Jeff Utecht - Educational Consultant, Author, Speaker
"Keynote: Beyond the Pandemic: Preparing Schools for the Future of Education"
Doc Haskell, Boise State University
"Esports at the District Level with the 2020 Coach of the Year"
Brooke Trisler, Mukilteo SD
"Community of Practice – Created Problem Solving"
Shelby Reynolds of Northshore SD
"The Importance of TEAM in Impossible Missions"
Morgen Larsen & Noreen Dooley, NCCE
"Google Superstar Training"
Holly Lanham, John Pauls of NCCE
"The Power of Collaboration with Microsoft 365 & Teams"
Frank Pecka & Julia O’Donnell, NCESD
"Managing Remote Devices and Digital Classes through GSuite"
Eric Chambers, NCCE
"RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, Oh My! A Primer on Procurement for the Technologist"
Josh Benedict, Lee Hammers, Debbie Truax, Mukilteo SD
"Interactive Flat Panels in the Classroom"
Thomas A. Furness III, Grandfather of Virtual Reality - HIT Lab
"Keynote Address: Learning in Virtual Space"
Thomas A. Furness III, Grandfather of Virtual Reality - HIT Lab
"Q&A Session with the Keynote Speaker"
Mandy Manning, Teacher / Writer / Coach - Spokane SD
"Session with the 2018 National Teacher of the Year"
Mike Belcher, Director of Education Technology - HP
"STEAM with VR, Immersive and 3D Printing Technologies"
Josh Benedict, Amie Parker, Brandon Tepley - Mukilteo SDike Belcher, Director of Education Technology - HP
"Creative Way's to Support Teacher's Technology Use"
Brooke Trisler, Chief Technology Officer - Mukilteo SD
"ITIL Practices for Better Communication and Teaming"
Shelby Reynolds, Instructional Technology and Library Services and Tech Staff - Northshore SD
"North Creek High School: A New Approach for a New School"
Abbey Zenk, Chief Instruction and Assessment Officer, along with a panel of 8th and 10th grade students of Renton Prep Christian School
"Vision. Action. Transformation"
Shannon Davenport, Director of Professional Learning and Crystal Cameron of Everett SD - NCCE
"Want to build an inclusive classroom? Learning Tools is your superpower"
Tracy Dabbs, Jim Logan, Andrew Reese, Gerrit deHoog, Technology & Innovations Team - Burlington Edison SD
"Educational Technology Departments...We Don’t Just Fix Stuff"
Dennis Small, Educational Technology Director - OSPI
"Strategies for Implementing the Updated State Technology Standards"
Eric Chambers, Director of E-rate and Special Services - NCCE
"Advanced Topics in E-rate: Utilizing Category Two Funds"
David Olinger, Director of Education Technology, along with Education Design Team - O'Dea High School
"Change Management for the Cloud Classroom Transformation"
Mike Belcher, Director of Education Technology - HP
Reimagining STEM + & Maker Learning with New Technologies
Scott Beebe, Marysville SD
"1:1 Chromebook Deployment of 6200 Devices"
Martha Thornburgh, Mount Vernon Schools
"Create, Communicate, Collaborate and Connect with Google Apps for Education"
Brooke Trisler, Mukilteo SD
"CoSN’s CETL Calling all CTOs: Demonstrate you are the most skilled and knowledgeable education technology leader"
Mark Finstrom, Highline PS
"Increasing Your Internet Connection Speed - Things to Consider"
Mark Finstrom, Highline PS
"Harnessing the Power of the Internet of Things"
Jeff Utecht - Educational Consultant, Author, Speaker
Keynote: A New Learning Landscape
Brooke Trisler - Director Instructional Technology, Library Services, and Online Learning Renton SD
Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL)™ Overview
Seymour Hanfling, Chief Technology Officer, Renton School District
Instruction and Technology Leading Together: The Tools are Here, the Standards are Here, the Future is Now
Sarah Lawrence, Josh Emond, and Peter Connors Northshore School District, Instructional Technology Coordinators
Filling in the GApps: Northshore’s Implementation of Hapara’s Teacher Dashboard
John Wu
You Seem Remote Lately: Deploying and Managing Mobile Devices the Bigger Picture
Mike Schwab - Regional Manager - Google for Education
Google Play for Education
JB Fitzpatrick, PSD401
Where's the Vision? Rethinking Social Media for K-12
Jill Stone, eRate - Mark Finstrom, Highline Schools
Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes!
Josh Caldwell of Northshore SD
Gaming the Classroom
Sonja Delafose, Everett SD & Kim West, Lake Washington
Windows 8 in the Classroom
Jeff Hogan, Snoqualmie Valley School District
Thinking about Embracing BYOD?
Marc Elliot & Tonya Narramore, Bethell SD
Start the Blended Learning Process, What You Need
Mark Finstrom of Highline SD
Sustainable Models for Technology Adoption
Karl Nelson & Barbara Soots, OSPI
OSPI's Open Education Resource (OER) Initiative
Sue Neese & Tracy Fitzwater of Crescent SD
Mixology 101: 2 Blended Classrooms
Michael King, Cascade SD & Johan Bloomhart of Watchguard
Keeping School Networks Safe and Secure
Calvin Baker & Kevin Carney, Vail School District
Creating Change Requires Leadership, Teamwork and a Vision
Kevin Carney, Vail School District
7 C's to Implementing at the Campus Level
Hetav Sanghavi, CK12 Flexbooks
Interactive, Fully Customizable Open Education
Karl Nelson, OER Program Manager
OSPI's OER Initiative
Peter McNaull
Top Security Threats in Education
Nash Fung
Speaker & Magician - Opening Keynote
Fuel Your Curiosity
Inspire your innovative & curious side with the magic behind your thinking. This keynote will be sure to inspire the students you help and teachers you work with!
Mark Vetter
Technology and Learning Evangelist, Retired - Puyallup School District
Post Covid Instructional Technology
Pandemic spending increased device and infrastructure spending in the short term, but now that we have returned to a more “normal” school setting, what is the future of instruction and the integration of technology?
The Upcoming Funding Cliff: Ensure Your Budget is a Priority
Next spring’s budget cycle for will be challenging for school districts in Washington State. Teacher pay raises, a significant drop in federal funding and competing interests will make budgeting challenging. After three years of emergency spending on technology, it will take more then updated technology plans to secure funding.
Dr. Michelle R Zimmerman
Director of Innovative Teaching & Learning at Renton Prep
Innovation and AI: Meeting 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Jason Dilley
Executive Director at Washington State Scholastic Esports Association
Esports First Steps: A Five Year Plan
Shelby Reynolds & Sarah Lawrence
Northshore SD
Relationship as a Key to Leadership: Building and Strengthening Teams by Tending to the Softer Side of Tech
Don Wolff
CTO at Portland Public Schools
Keynote: From Disruption to Transformation
The past few years have been unlike any other years in the history of public education. What has been traumatic, life-altering, painful, stressful, overwhelming, and exhausting has proven this it can be the catalyst for significant change our students need in our current system. So, how do we go about setting a course for the massive change that leverages all of the experience and lessons learned from the past two years to truly transform the public education experience - for all students?
Creating Change Where you Can
To follow up on the keynote discussion, this session will focus participants on the realms in which they have the influence and ability to affect change. The session will focus on effective leadership for change, identifying core values, vision and mission development, and putting them all together with our employees to create better outcomes for them and our students.
Melinda Miller
E-rate Program Manager at InterMountain SD
E-rate & ECF 101
A general overview of the E-rate and ECF programs with a Q&A opportunity to get your questions answered with the InterMountain E-rate team.
Kristina Wambold
Integrated EdTech Coordinator at ESD 112
EdTech Using Google Solutions
Paddy Damodharan
SR Technical Specialist at Microsoft
Do more with less: Microsoft Intune
In this session we will focus on how Microsoft Intune helps in solving K12 device management challenges and at same time help simplifying device management strategy.
Speaker
Speaker & Magician - Opening KeynoteFuel Your Curiosity
Inspire your innovative & curious side with the magic behind your thinking. This keynote will be sure to inspire the students you help and teachers you work with!
Microsoft
Game-based Learning Lead WW
Microsoft Tool Features and Benefits for Schools
David Olinger
Dir. Digital Strategy at O'Dea School
Microsoft Education Tools
Michael Higley
Director of eLearning at NCCE
Crossroads of History Project
Use NCCE's Crossroads of History Project to implement powerful lessons on social justice and civil rights issues. Free professional development for Teaching with Primary Sources (Eligible for WA State Credit)
Gary Walter
Computer Systems Specialist at Granger SD
School Security Solutions
Brooke Trisler
CTO Mukilteo School District
Simplified Project Management - Moving the work forward with ease!
Simple methods and tools for ensuring the work moves forward.
Jeff Utecht
EdTech Consultant at Google Cloud Partner
The Changing Nature of Teacher Professional Development
We learned a lot during the pandemic and maybe nothing else will be as impacted moving forward as Teacher Professional Development. With a teacher shortage upon us and no end in sight, teachers are not being released for PD at the same rate they were pre-pandemic. It's time for us to have a PD reset, focused on what adult learners need in order for professional development to impact student learning. This session will focus on new approaches to PD in schools and outline what must be in place for PD to be successful in schools.
Burlington Edison Staff
Tech interns at Burlington Edison SD
High School Tech Intern Project
Burlington-Edison High School students share their learning and experience with their CTE Tech Intern Course. B-E students get a chance to develop real-world skills and support our Tech Team with device checkout, loaner project, repair, technical support, yearly tech fair, and makerspace goals.